Supporters boycotted the game in their thousands in a bid to force Chansiri out.

Liverpool romped to the Premier League title last season and then splashed out around £450 million ($600 million) on new players in the summer transfer window.

Jannik Sinner was made to work by Flavio Cobolli before the top seed mastered his fellow Italian to reach the quarter-finals in Vienna on Thursday.

The Bulls are appealing a massive nine-match ban on forward Jan-Hendrik Wessels.